Global DevOps Leader: Azure & Datadog Expert

Flight Centre Travel Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working model

Discounted travel for family and朋友—as-

Career progression across 30+ brands

Fun culture and global conferences

Active Hour for well-being

Health cash plan

Job summary

Flight Centre Travel Group seeks an exceptional DevOps Manager with 12-15 years of leadership experience to scale our global DevOps practice. You will lead distributed teams, champion automation, and drive a culture of continuous improvement across multi-market technology landscapes.

Ideal candidates will have advanced Azure DevOps and expert Datadog skills, strong IaC experience (Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep), and strong scripting abilities (PowerShell, Python, Bash).

Qualifications

• 12-15 years of progressive DevOps leadership experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success establishing DevOps operating models and driving organizational transformation.
• Advanced-level expertise with Azure DevOps, including process templates, governance and community leadership.
• Expert-level knowledge of Datadog observability platform: full-stack monitoring, logs, APM, and IaC tooling familiarity.
• Strong understanding of IaC tools (Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep) and CI/CD principles.
• Proficiency in scripting/automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash) and solid SRE fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Lead distributed DevOps teams across multiple markets and time zones.
• Drive automation, platform Reliability Engineering and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Establish operating models, ways of working and governance for global DevOps practice.
• Collaborate with C-suite and stakeholders to align DevOps strategy with business goals.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Datadog

Terraform

ARM templates

Bicep

CI/CD

PowerShell

Python

Bash

SRE

Tools

Azure DevOps

Datadog

Terraform

ARM templates

Bicep

Job description

Flight Centre Travel Group seeks an exceptional DevOps Manager with 12-15 years of leadership experience to scale our global DevOps practice. You will lead distributed teams, champion automation, and drive a culture of continuous improvement across multi-market technology landscapes.

Ideal candidates will have advanced Azure DevOps and expert Datadog skills, strong IaC experience (Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep), and strong scripting abilities (PowerShell, Python, Bash).